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Bob Bondurant School Of High Performance Driving To Mark Milestones In 2013

March 7, 2013

During the weekend of Monterey Car Week, the school will celebrate its 45th anniversary at Laguna Seca Raceway with various commemorative events August 15 & 16.

This year, the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving will be celebrating twice.

During the weekend of Monterey Car Week, including the focal-point Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the school will celebrate its 45th anniversary at Laguna Seca Raceway with various commemorative events August 15 & 16.

“I can remember the day we started in 1968 at Orange County International Raceway in Santa Ana, Calif., with our first three cars,” says the school’s founder and CEO, Bob Bondurant. “We started small but with the same vision we have today: Offer professional and everyday drivers the best track-intensive training in the world.”

But first, on April 27, Bob’s wife Pat, their family, Bondurant School employees and friends will honor the legendary racecar driver on his 80th birthday in Phoenix.

After competing with dirt bikes in Southern California in his teens, Bob raced Corvettes in the mid-‘50s, winning the west coast SCCA B Production National Championship in 1959 with a stunning 18 of 20 wins.

He followed this with USSRC success for the great Carroll Shelby. For his Shelby American team, Bob participated in the 1965 World Manufacturers Championship, besting Ferrari —almost a half-century later still the only American team to achieve this title.

The only purpose-built facility of its kind in the world, the Bondurant School has trained more than 400,000 people—professional racers, executives, performance enthusiasts and day-to-day drivers—to become safer and more proficient at handling the challenges of track, street and highway driving.

The school has been in its current Valley of the Sun location since 1990. For more information, visit www.bondurant.com.